Recorded music is an unreliable time capsule – whether thanks to the present leaking in or signs of the past being cleaned ...

Habibi Funk’s latest is a surprising compilation of genre-defying Libyan disco, synthpop, funk, and reggae that needs to be ...

It’s the crest of a London heatwave, concrete and tarmac reflecting the blasting sunshine back on itself in an endless sweltering loop. A weak breath of air conditioning in the black back room at the ...

Working with some of the earliest piano recordings made in Iran, Siavash Amini shatters these archival sounds, recomposing them into a startling new electronic tapestry ...

Following new album Sentir Que No Sabes and ahead of her guest curation at this year’s Le Guess Who?, Mabe Fratti takes Laura Snapes through thirteen favourite records spanning her Central American ...

Austin, Tx's Buttholes were notorious for any number of reasons, but, says Ned Raggett, why not think of them first and foremost as an inspired and shit hot rock group ...

As London's Night Czar Amy Lamé leaves her job this week, Ed Gillett investigates her failures and successes, the increasing politicisation of her role, and whether alternative approaches offer any ...

Pete Shelley discusses the spirit of punk, the quirks of fate and the legacy of the Buzzcocks with David Gavan. Photograph by Ian Rook. (this feature was republished on 7th December 2018 to mark the ...

A Quietus Interview “I’m Upfront About The Fact I’m A Fucking Nutter” – Guttersnipe Interviewed The Quietus has long been of the opinion that Guttersnipe are one of the most exciting live acts in the ...

The fiction feature debut of documentarian Alice Diop reveals a searing amount about Black trauma and mass media exploitation, finds Blaise Radley The fiction feature debut of documentarian Alice Diop ...

In an exclusive extract from his new book, Daft Punk's Discovery: The Future Unfurled, Ben Cardew explores the collaboration between the French dance duo and New Jersey garage kingpin behind the ...

Too late for post-punk too early for acid house, but might 1984 have been the crucial pivot point around which the history of British pop revolves? David Elliott, author of the new book *1984: British ...